Bug#994504: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#994504: Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-17 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Also the user is curious where these determinations are drawn from. It would be nice if aptitude said "Based on /var/lib/dpkg/status, this package is a ephemeral / virtual / refereed etc. package."

Bug#994504: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#994504: Bug#994504: Don't just say "not a real package"

2021-09-16 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: tag -1 - moreinfo Hi Jidanni, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > In this particular case, all I found was this package was mentioned in > other installed packages' headers. Thanks for this detail! And indeed, there are two types of packages which can be seen as virtual or non-real package and